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Were any hotter? From what I'd understood the answer is no.
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To add to Peter’s comment: The QNYLA was hot, as was 198 (Chicago-LA), and of course the counterparts like 991 and 891; in a fleet of Santa Fe speedsters. But yes, 199 was probably considered the “hottest.”
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"How much do I love warbonnets - let me count the ways..." For those of you railfans who missed this era, you can only look at this and drool. What a pleasure it was to be trackside when warbonnets blew by(and they did!). Some things you just don't have enough film for. Warbonnets fit into that catagory. Sure wish Mr. Buffett and BNSF would reconsider paint for PR purposes. Thanks Mike for sharing this glorious shot of the world's most beautiful paint job.
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Other railroads had hot trains, but there was a mystique about this railroad and these trains that nothing else in modern American railroading could match (in my opinion, anyway). They summed it up perfectly by dubbing these new locomotives "Super Fleet." Thanks for bringing back these memories, Mike.
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Tom Keeping, I agree with you 100%. BNSF should have used the warbonnet scheme instead of the summer squash orange that they are now using. I could, almost guarantee they would have more work than they could handle. Shippers love seeing their freight move in a classic manner such as this is. Mike this a beautiful picture PCA vote from me.
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Santa Fe had a sulfur that went through South East Texas had RCE locomotives on it went to Galveston TX
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Very nice, Mike. This is a fantastic scene. I believe I was the last one to shoot the 100 in Warbonnet before MACL painted it up in the new BNSF scheme.
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